New research from Deloitte describes the current state of workforce planning. “The open source economy will present new challenges to workforce planning. The historical model was focused on filling capability requirements by hiring people, full or part time, to work for the company as employees, with the accompanying expectations of an organizational livelihood and career. In contrast, the emerging challenge is to plan and design work for, and to access, workforces of all types — on the balance sheet, in joint ventures, in contract and outsourced relationships, freelancers, and open source.”

Workforce planning is now essential to organizational success.

Yet so many organizations — perhaps more than 70% - lack a true workforce plan. In most cases, adoption is prevented by internal obstacles. Even when the right data and skills are in place, it can be a struggle to convert those assets into a viable plan.

Almost every organization does conduct some form of workforce planning, like headcount/FTE planning and workforce analysis. They recognize the need to transform that planning. What they may not know is that most barriers are tactical in nature and require small hops and not a big leap.

Now is the best time to start. Make 2014 the year your organization implements a strategic workforce plan.

For the fifth year, Human Capital Institute (HCI) addresses these big questions. The 2014 Workforce Planning and Analytics conference will assemble the smartest planners and most capable doers in one room. For three days we’ll share successes and failures from the most innovative leaders and companies. No matter where you fall on the spectrum, if a beginner or an expert or someone in between, this conference is for you. We’ll learn from each other.

Key issues this conference will address:

Kickstarting Workforce Planning: How do you launch a plan?

Leadership understanding and support

The Agile Plan: How do we construct and implement a plan that is both useful now and accounts for variance as time progresses?

Strategy-led planning versus data-led planning

The importance of role segmentation

Accounting for variables in the plan

Data, Skills and Technology: What infrastructure is needed to understand and support today’s workforce needs? Will that suffice for future needs, too?

Must-have skills for strategic analysis and meaningful insight

Getting the data you need from existing systems

Filtering out the ‘noise’ in the data - what questions to ask of your data

Building the Ideal, Balanced Workforce: What external factors must be considered when planning for the future business?

Certification Credits

This workshop has been approved for 4 General recertification credit hours and this conference for 9.75 General hours toward aPHR™, PHR®, PHRca®, SPHR®, GPHR®, PHRi™, and SPHRi™ recertification through the HR Certification Institute.

The use of this seal is not an endorsement by HR Certification Institute of the quality of the program, it means that this program has met the criteria to be pre-approved for recertification credit.

Early Bird Price:

$1,695/3-day pass |
$1,495/2-day pass

Standard Price:

$1,995/3-day pass |
$1,695/2-day pass

If you need help registering, or want to inquire about group discounts, please contact Shane Lennon at 866.538.1909 x1904.

If you are interested in presenting at the event, please email Amy Lewis.